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UPDATE: Residents call for speed bumps

Update: The victim in Tuesday's fatal crash was 71-year-old Jessie Bradberry of Shreveport.

Bradberry was killed following a collision between her 2000 Mazda 626 and a 2013 Dodge Charger.

Bradberry was apparently traveling east on East 80th Street when she stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of East 80th Street and Thornhill Avenue before proceeding across the street into a parking lot, said Shreveport police spokesman Cpl. Breck Scott. The Dodge Charger driven by 22-year-old Kyanta Magee was going north on Thornhill Avenue when he struck the Mazda 626 that Bradberry was driving.

Bradberry was taken to University Health where she succumbed to her injuries. Magee, who was not injured in the crash, was taken for standard toxicological testing as mandated by state law, said Scott.

No exact cause has been determined and the wreck remains under investigation.

The Cedar Grove neighborhood association C.A.R.E. is hosting a press conference Wednesday evening in an attempt to get speed bumps installed in the area.

C.A.R.E. vice president Hersy Jones Jr. said this request has been made several times in the past year and as soon as three weeks ago. He said drivers often speed in the area.

Bradberry was struck while trying to attend a National Night Out celebration at A.B. Palmer park. Hersy said she was an elder member of the neighborhood association and was bringing food for the event.

Original Story: A woman is dead following a wreck Tuesday evening in south Shreveport.

Around 5:30 p.m., a woman, whose name has not been released at this time, was travelling northbound in the 8000 block of Thornhill Avenue in a white Dodge Charger when a brown four-door sedan pulled out at the intersection of E. 80th Street and struck her. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the sedan was uninjured, said Shreveport police spokesman Cpl. Breck Scott.

The incident happened near a National Night Out block party at AB Palmer Park.

Toxicology reports are pending on both drivers and the case remain under investigation.

The Times will update this story when more information becomes available.